Dr. Muradov teaches courses in international security, international relations theory, Eurasian politics, and global governance across multiple Canadian and international institutions. His teaching integrates theoretical rigor with contemporary case studies, particularly the Russia–Ukraine war and post-Soviet security dynamics.

University of British Columbia

• POLI 369C: Issues in International Security

• POLI 464G: Problems in International Relations

• POLI 360A: Security Studies

• UBC Extended Learning: The Russia–Ukraine War

At UBC, he has developed upper-level undergraduate courses that combine classical IR theory (realism, liberalism, constructivism) with applied security analysis, including alliance politics, hybrid warfare, and contemporary geopolitical transformations.

Simon Fraser University

• IS 322: Post-Soviet Central Asia – Security and Conflict

Langara College

• POLI 1250: Politics in Developing Nations

Dnipro University of Technology (Ukraine)

• International Relations Theories

• International Security Studies

• Peace and Conflict Studies

• Eurasian Studies

• Global Governance

• History of International Relations

• Global Studies

• Dialogue, Negotiation, and Debate

Between 2020 and 2024, Dr. Muradov taught a wide range of undergraduate courses in Ukraine, emphasizing interactive learning, structured debate, and theory-driven analysis of contemporary conflicts.

Dr. Muradov’s research lies at the intersection of international security theory and Eurasian politics, with a primary focus on the Russia–Ukraine war, Ukrainian agency, and the changing international security order. His work combines structural realist theory, comparative analysis of warfare, discourse analysis, and elite interviews to examine how states facing more powerful adversaries can influence international outcomes.

His article “The Russian Hybrid Warfare: The Cases of Ukraine and Georgia” (Defence Studies, 2022) examines how Russia combines regular and irregular forces to constrain neighbouring states’ foreign-policy choices. His subsequent article, “Disrupting the Narrative: Ukrainian Agency in Resisting Russia and Winning Western Support” (Europe-Asia Studies, 2025), places Ukrainian agency at the centre of the analysis, examining how Ukrainian society shaped the country’s political direction and how resistance to the full-scale invasion changed Western perceptions of Ukraine.

His co-authored article “The Limits of Contextual Resonance: Why Putin’s Imperial Discourse Failed in Ukraine” (European Journal of International Security, 2026) explains why Russia’s appeals to shared history and identity failed to secure Ukrainian consent. Drawing on discourse analysis and survey evidence, it examines the limits of imperial narratives when their intended audience asserts independent political choices.

Developed during his visiting appointment at George Washington University, his manuscript under review at Review of International Studies examines defensive structural realism, balancing, and support for Ukraine. Based on interviews with U.S. officials and policy experts, it advances the concept of defender-side agency to explain how support becomes concentrated and sustained around a particular defending state.

His current research investigates strategic embeddedness: how Ukrainian defence firms’ cooperation with Western companies, governments, and investors contributes to Ukraine’s sovereignty and international agency while supporting its partners’ security. This includes the development of autonomous and AI-enabled military systems and the role of Ukrainian battlefield experience in technological cooperation.

This project contributes to a proposed book on remilitarization, sovereignty, and international agency. With Ukraine as its central case, the book examines how military rebuilding, wartime innovation, and international cooperation can enable smaller and middle powers to resist coercion and shape security relationships in a changing international order.

Selected Publications

Muradov, Ibrahim, and Micah Matsuno. “The Limits of Contextual Resonance: Why Putin’s Imperial Discourse Failed in Ukraine.” European Journal of International Security, published online September 16, 2026, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1017/eis.2026.10091.

Muradov, Ibrahim. “Disrupting the Narrative: Ukrainian Agency in Resisting Russia and Winning Western Support.” Europe-Asia Studies 77, no. 3 (2025): 341–64. https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2025.2465569.

Muradov, Ibrahim. “The Russian Hybrid Warfare: The Cases of Ukraine and Georgia.” Defence Studies 22, no. 2 (2022): 168–91. https://doi.org/10.1080/14702436.2022.2030714.

Muradov, Ibrahim. Introduction to Eurasian Studies. Dnipro University of Technology, 2021.

Muradov, Ibrahim. Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies. Dnipro University of Technology, 2021.

Manuscripts Under Review

Muradov, Ibrahim. “Defensive Structural Realism and the Russia–Ukraine War: Revisionism, Balancing, and Defender-Side Agency.” Under review at Review of International Studies. Developed during the Petrach Program on Ukraine, George Washington University.

Other Publications

Muradov, Ibrahim. “The Russo-Ukrainian War: What Does It Mean for Russia, Ukraine, and the West?” The Journal of Intelligence, Conflict, and Warfare 6, no. 3 (2024): 224–27.

Muradov, Ibrahim. “Rusya-Ukrayna Savaşı” [The Russia–Ukraine War]. In Ukrayna [Ukraine], edited by İsmail Aydıngün and Valeriy Morkva, 733–76. ATAM Yayınları, 2024.

Muradov, Ibrahim. “The Russia–Ukraine War in the Light of Ukraine’s Counteroffensive.” Eurasian World, no. 13 (2023).

Muradov, Ibrahim. “Azerbaijan’s Standpoint vis-à-vis the Russia–Ukraine War.” Italian Institute for International Political Studies, 2022.

Muradov, Ibrahim. “Russia’s War against Ukraine: Security Dilemma or What?” Eurasian World, no. 10 (2022).

Muradov, Ibrahim. “The Latest War in the Caucasus and Lessons for Ukraine.” In Actual Problems of Today’s International Relations, 282–88. Oles Honchar Dnipro National University, 2021.

Muradov, Ibrahim. “Information War in Ukraine before and after the Donbas Conflict.” International Journal of Russian Studies 9, no. 2 (2020): 202–22.

Muradov, Ibrahim. “Immanuel Levinas ve Uluslararası İlişkiler” [Immanuel Levinas and International Relations]. Spectrum: Journal of Global Studies 9, no. 1 (2020): 121–42.

Muradov, Ibrahim. “Peace at Any Price? An Overview of the Donbas Conflict and Ongoing Peace Process.” QAFSAM: Caucasian Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, 2020.

Muradov, Ibrahim. “The Donbas Conflict and the Peace Process.” Epistemological Studies in Philosophy, Social and Political Sciences 2, no. 2 (2019): 110–21.

Muradov, Ibrahim. “The Impact of NATO Enlargement on the Ukraine Crisis: A Neorealist Perspective.” Epistemological Studies in Philosophy, Social and Political Sciences 1, nos. 1–2 (2018): 107–14.

Muradov, Ibrahim. “Finding a Theoretical Approach for Studying Post-Soviet Frozen Conflicts.” International Journal of Russian Studies 6, no. 1 (2017): 60–71.